Safety Xavier Watts and left tackle Joe Alt landed on the AFCA All-America first team, which makes them unanimous All-Americans for the 2023 season.
They become the 31st and 32nd players to do so in Notre Dame program history.
Story from @Eric Hansen:
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NOTRE DAME UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICANS
1929-30 Frank Carideo, QB, (Vernon, N.Y.)
1932 Joe Kurth, T, (Madison, Wis.)
1938 Ed Beinor, T, (Harvey, Ill.)
1946-47 John Lujack, QB, (Connellsville, Pa.)
1949 Leon Hart, E, (Turtle Creek, Pa.)
1949 Emil Sitko, FB, (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
1952-53 John Lattner, HB, (Chicago, Ill.)
1954 Ralph Guglielmi, QB, (Columbus, Ohio)
1965 Dick Arrington, OG, (Erie, Pa.)
1966 Nick Eddy, HB, (Lafayette, Calif.)
1966 Jim Lynch, LB, (Lima, Ohio)
1969 Mike McCoy, DT, (Erie, Pa.)
1971 Walt Patulski, DE, (Liverpool, N.Y.)
1972 Greg Marx, DT, (Redford, Mich.)
1975 Steve Niehaus, DT, (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1976-77 Ross Browner, DE, (Warren, Ohio)
1977 Ken MacAfee, TE, (Brockton, Mass.)
1978 Bob Golic, LB, (Willowick, Ohio)
1980 John Scully, C, (Huntington, N.Y.)
1987 Tim Brown, FL, (Dallas, Texas)
1989 Todd Lyght, CB, (Flint, Mich.)
1990 Raghib Ismail, FL, (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
1990 Michael Stonebreaker, LB, (River Ridge, La.)
1990 Chris Zorich, DT, (Chicago, Ill.)
1993 Aaron Taylor, OT, (Concord, Calif.)
2002 Shane Walton, CB, (San Diego, Calif.)
2009 Golden Tate, WR, (Hendersonville, Tenn.)
2012 Manti Te’o, LB, (Laie, Hawaii)
2017 Quenton Nelson, OG, (Holmdel, N.J.)
2020 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB, (Hampton, Va.)
2023 Joe Alt, OT, (North Oaks, Minn.)
2023 Xavier Watts, S, (Omaha, Neb.)
They become the 31st and 32nd players to do so in Notre Dame program history.
Story from @Eric Hansen:
Notre Dame's Xavier Watts, Joe Alt amend history as unanimous All-Americans
First-team honors from the AFCA puts the pair over the top to rare status for the two former three-star prospects.
NOTRE DAME UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICANS
1929-30 Frank Carideo, QB, (Vernon, N.Y.)
1932 Joe Kurth, T, (Madison, Wis.)
1938 Ed Beinor, T, (Harvey, Ill.)
1946-47 John Lujack, QB, (Connellsville, Pa.)
1949 Leon Hart, E, (Turtle Creek, Pa.)
1949 Emil Sitko, FB, (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
1952-53 John Lattner, HB, (Chicago, Ill.)
1954 Ralph Guglielmi, QB, (Columbus, Ohio)
1965 Dick Arrington, OG, (Erie, Pa.)
1966 Nick Eddy, HB, (Lafayette, Calif.)
1966 Jim Lynch, LB, (Lima, Ohio)
1969 Mike McCoy, DT, (Erie, Pa.)
1971 Walt Patulski, DE, (Liverpool, N.Y.)
1972 Greg Marx, DT, (Redford, Mich.)
1975 Steve Niehaus, DT, (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1976-77 Ross Browner, DE, (Warren, Ohio)
1977 Ken MacAfee, TE, (Brockton, Mass.)
1978 Bob Golic, LB, (Willowick, Ohio)
1980 John Scully, C, (Huntington, N.Y.)
1987 Tim Brown, FL, (Dallas, Texas)
1989 Todd Lyght, CB, (Flint, Mich.)
1990 Raghib Ismail, FL, (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
1990 Michael Stonebreaker, LB, (River Ridge, La.)
1990 Chris Zorich, DT, (Chicago, Ill.)
1993 Aaron Taylor, OT, (Concord, Calif.)
2002 Shane Walton, CB, (San Diego, Calif.)
2009 Golden Tate, WR, (Hendersonville, Tenn.)
2012 Manti Te’o, LB, (Laie, Hawaii)
2017 Quenton Nelson, OG, (Holmdel, N.J.)
2020 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB, (Hampton, Va.)
2023 Joe Alt, OT, (North Oaks, Minn.)
2023 Xavier Watts, S, (Omaha, Neb.)
